There is a new automated medication dispensing system starting to appear in local doctors' offices. Lakes Urgent Care in West Bloomfield Township has recently obtained one of just two MedVend Machines in the state of Michigan.

The machine is convenient for patients because there is no need to go to a drug store to pick up medicine. The specific medications that your physician prescribes to their patients are available in under one minute in the urgent care waiting room. Patients can get their medicine immediately and start taking it without any delay. if the co-pay for a patient's medicine are more expensive than the actual medicine, the lesser cost will be charged to the patient. Any questions a patient may have about their medicine can be answered directly by face to face video with a pharmacy tech at a central video and voice call center or with the physician directly.

MedVend is one of the first systems to be DEA approved for the acceptance of e-prescribed Controlled substances 2-5, per their MedVedRx/ MDscripts Pharmacy Management System, which may be important for patients with serious diseases or pain management issues.

The machines are made to order and built in a facility in northern Florida, but the company is headquartered in Commerce Township. For more information, visit www.medvendonline.com.